Wind Sails Westward to Westward bound ships list
April 11 dispatch records Wind S W steering westward as His Majesty's ships Helena and Dracsedary proceed to Rotterdam and Quebec, with supply and transport vessels including Justine, Washington, Amplitrite, Steves, and Jane. arrivals note Good Success, Stout, Jacob and Catharina, Lels, Pellagrin Eck, from Sc Eufatia, and Bifa from India.
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Fame
Tyffe
Greenock
ACL
Orient
Bifa
India
Chasm of East India Company Directors Vote in London
In Leadenhall street the血 contest to choose six East India Company directors drew a record turnout of proprietors, with 1009 votes cast, including many women. The ballot closed at six, with Mr Gregory 937, Mr Becher 817, Mr Booth 771, and others, the final outcome decided by lot for two tied candidates. A large crowd, diverse nobility, and a wave of betting marked the lengthy process.
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Leadenhall Street
East India Company
Huntingdonshire
Treasury
Admiralty
Navy
Customs, and Excise
Marquis of Rockingham
Earl
Lady Hertford
Lord Sandwich and Son
Lord Beauchamp
Lord Ongrey
Sir Edward Williams
Gregory
Cheap
Becher
Mr. Wasshart
Mr. Booth
Townson
Townson 519 Mr. Darel
Mgr. Roberts
Sir G. Wombwell
Mr. Amyatt
Mr. Vansittart
Cneap
G. Wombwell
Bankrupt List from the London Gazette April 11
A London Gazette list notes bankrupts and surrender dates with locations and surrender places at Guildhall and other venues. Merchants, factors, haberdashers, farriers, drapers, printers, watchmakers, and others are named with towns such as Lidbury, Piccadilly, Knightsbridge, Cornefireer, Britta, Surrey, and Birmingham, with May 23 as a common dividend date and various April surrender entries. Also listed are dividends and certificates to be granted on specified May dates at Guildhall and related venues.
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Sim. Hooker
Petr Walsh
Lidbury
Klig
Guildhall
John Burton
Piccadilly
Haberdasher
Edward Snape
Knightsbrug
Farrier
Samuel Johnson
Mattie
Three Tins
Cornefireer
Britta
Mitch'l Newman
Bi ‘Dington
Surrey
Callico-Printer
London
John Campbell
Stapp
Westmorland
Waggoner
Ludon
Edward Heatley Noble
C.irmingham
William King Bayley
Hobson’s Tavern
Worcester-street
Birmingham
Philip Pine
Aldgate
Mdleton
Stockton
Durham
Siren-Draper
Wm. Biggs
Shrewsbury
Grildhall Ludon
Wm. Litchfield
Brick Street
St. George
Han Ver
John le Jenne
St. Giles In the Fielda
Wm. Cooke
Bond Street
Ratcliff
Thomas K Nlyfie
Fathion Street
Spittlefields
James Caffin
Bristovintner
Edwerd Brown
Lambeth
Surey
Enal Merchnt
Pearl Dentifrice Endorsed by Dr Jacob Heme t
Dr Jacob Hemet a noted dentist promotes his Essence of Pearl and Pearl Dentifrice to the nobility royalty and public. The advertisement claims whitening and dental benefits while asserting royal endorsement and broad appeal for daily use.
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Jacob Hemet
Roth Queen
Amelia
Universal Naval History of Great Britain publication notice
An 18th century style notice announces a weekly sixpence issue of Universal Naval History of Great Britain from earliest times to 1779 with copper plates of naval battles monuments and portraits, printed by J Bew and others, encouraging reader circulation and future volumes with emblematical frontispiece and engraved plates by Walker and others.
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Great Britain
Esc
Sebvert
Ronan
Taternefer-rew
Town
Corny
Benemind
Walker
House of Lords approves militia amendments in bill passage
The House agreed to amendments to a militia bill, which faced a third reading and passage. A second reading was read for a bill on a road over the River Wye and a report on an American import/export bill was noted.
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Majdly
Horbig
Royal Oak
Admiral Graves
Lord George Gordon
St. James’s
Petition from wards in prison and enclosure bill clash
In the House of Commons and Lords a string of petitions from inmates of the King’s Bench Marshalsea and Borough Gaol were laid before committees for examination. Debate on an enclosure bill prompted a conference plan or journal review. A male tax bill sparked a lengthy exchange over Scotland England tax equity and agricultural production. Lords emphasized Scotland’s poverty and wind effects on beer quality, while MPs pressed for alternative revenue plans and parliamentary reform.
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Mr. Eleves
Walingford
York
Herbert Mackineth
King’s Bench Prison
Honourable Baronet
Lord Beauchamppoke
Herbert Macksworth
Marshalsea
Colonel Barre
Treasury
Lord North
Mgr. Nuthall
Barre
Lord Beauchamp
England
Scotland
George Yonge
Wal Sy
George Gordon
Parlement
T. Tazunfeend
Setland
Wales
Didermar Sawbridge
Fox
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William Ever
Samuel Beachcroft
Roger Boehm
Samuel Bosanquet
Richard Clay
Thomas Dea
George Drake
Peter Gauffen
Christopher Hake
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Scott Jackson
William Halhed
Benjamin Mee Jan
George Hayter
Christopher Puller
Richard Neave
Thomas Thomas
Edward Payne
Sam. Thornton
Wy Meee Ig
Thomas Raikes
William Snell
Godfrey Thornton
Mark Weyland
Wiliam Cooke
Edward Darell
I Winarton Bonneréat
Isle of Wight
Germany
Nevis
Bristol
St. Kirtt’s
Corke
Georgia
Isis
Albemarle
St. Kit’s
St. Kitt’s
Antigua
M. de Grasle
Martinique
Sir Henry Clinton
Bermudas
Brest
West Indies
Madeira
Portmouth
Diana
Ranger
Downs
Resolution
Ogle
Robert Manners
Graves
Invincible
Plymouth
Walsingham
Clearpoint
Youghal
L—g
Dublin
Sheriff Exiay
Revenue
Bachelors Walk
Newfoundland
Bowen
Draper
Puolbeg
France
Ryan
Newgate
Tuesda Smigit Crimi
Kennington Common
Tyburn
Cour
Robert Andrews
Rober Hughes
Richard Palmer
Jon. M‘cormick
John Pravks
John Berniet
Apo Waliam Turney
Franks
M‘cormick
Cos Colegretes
Tike
Earl of
Hillborou
Kerdeby
Orty
Plaisterer
Vhce
Thomas Whitby
Sleiphfod
Fe’nanight
Spencer
Alton
Hawick
John Gladstains
Tate
Whitlaw
Amsterdam
Lucret
Lombard-street
Mitcham
Frederick Marsham
Henry Bowler Hughes
Addle Hill
Dawkins
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Charing- -Cross
J. Price
Leadenhall-street
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London Gazette
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Frederic Hervey
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